50,000 bees found in walls of Larry Chen's home

Larry Chen, a 27-year-old photojournalist and Los Angeles resident, doesn't spend much time at home. He did notice that bees would occasionally fly in and out of his place, but initially, he didn't pay much mind to it.

'I just remained calm, and I figured they wouldn't bother me too much," Chen told ABC News' Audree Steinberg, adding that he only got stung once.

He told ABC that he initially only thought the hive contained about 1,000 bees, but after coming back from a long business trip, he brought in a beekeeper, who told him about the sheer size of the hive. It took five hours to evacuate all the bees from the house.

However, Chen took the attitude that it could always be worse.

"It's good we caught it at this time because it could have been a lot bigger," Chen said.